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vacuum catastrophe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
vac-u-um -catas-tro-phe
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.

Phrases

ultraviolet catastrophe oxygen catastrophe

Frequently Paired Words

ultraviolet catastrophe oxygen catastrophe

Questions

What does vacuum catastrophe mean?
The disagreement of over 100 orders of magnitude between measured values of the vacuum energy density and the theoretical zero-point energy suggested by a naïve application of quantum field theory.

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